I know that it’s been weeks since my Spotify wrapped but I thought it would be a good idea to talk about my top songs

first track: “Everything” is a Song by Lena Byrd Miles and Otis Kemp from the album Meet Me In Miami released on June 14, 2024. After traveling on tour together, Kemp was looking for someone to bring this song he had in his archives “to life”. Would you believe that the two completed the song over Facetime? Co-written by Otis, his colleague Candice, and his niece, this song affirms that when something is meant to be, it will be!

second track: “killing in the name “ rage against the machine. I already mentioned this in my previous post so I’m going to keep it slightly brief. Here’s some fun facts: On February 21, 1993, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the uncensored version of the song on his Top 40 Countdown, leading to 138 complaints.Brookes was recording an advertisement for the following week's Top 40 Countdown while the song played. In November 2008, the song was played over the speakers in an Asdasupermarket in Preston, Lancashire, prompting complaints from customers. Asda issued an apology.

Oh and one more thing: remember the Christmas campaign for this song to be number one in the uk Christmas charts and it ended up being successful thus ending the X factor uk chart Christmas chart streak after four years? During BBC Radio 5 Live show the group performed an uncensored rendition of the song in mid-December 2009, despite the hosts asking them to censor the expletives.

Knowing this group, you know where this is going

During the crescendo of their performance, frontman Zack De La Rocha started out only singing "I won't do what you tell me", with a pause where he normally sings "fuck you", but after a few lines, he screamed the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly. Hosts Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty apologized afterwards

third track: Nobody but God is a gospel song by by Faith City Music and Tim Bowman, Jr. from their album Welcome to Faith City released on October 28, 2022. This hype up gospel track contains lyrics like about the importance of God and there’s nobody like Him:

Deliverer

Healer

He’s God Almighty

Savior

The Enemy

Must Flee

When I Call on His Name

Fourth track: "Not Like Us" is a diss track written and recorded by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 4, 2024, through Interscope Records, amidst his feud with Canadian rapper Drake. It is Lamar's fifth installment in his series of diss tracks directed at Drake and it premiered less than 20 hours after his previous single, "Meet the Grahams".

Primarily produced by Mustard, with additional work from Sounwave and Sean Momberger, "Not Like Us" is a hyphy-influenced West Coast hip hop song composed of a prominent bassline with lively, synthesized strings and finger snaps. Lyrically, it continues the themes first introduced in "Meet the Grahams" by doubling down on allegations of Drake's pedophilia and sexual misconduct, (“certified loverboy, certified pedophile” ) while also criticizing his cultural identity and relationships with artists based in Atlanta, Georgia. (“You’re not a colleague, you’re a f***ing colonizer “)

Lamar first performed "Not Like Us" during The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, where he played the track five consecutive times. An accompanying music video, directed by Dave Free and Lamar, was released on American Independence Day.

The lyrics to "Not Like Us" were written solely by Lamar. It begins with him whispering "psst, I see dead people", a reference to The Sixth Sense (1999); he previously referenced the film on "Euphoria". Using various metaphors and allusions to his native Southern California, Lamar then dives into a barrage of attacks targeting Drake's alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with minors. His personal incidents with J. Cole, Lil Wayne and tennis player Serena Williams are also touched on. Lamar uses Drake's album Certified Lover Boy (2021) to label him and his OVO crew as "certified pedophiles". Specific targets were aimed at Chubbs, his head of security; PartyNextDoor, the first artist he signed; and Baka Not Nice, who was charged with six human trafficking offenses in 2014.

Lamar also takes several opportunities to challenge Drake's cultural identity. The chorus of "Not Like Us" has alluded to him stating that "rap practitioners" such as Drake are unlike his caliber, "one that organically abides by the given morals of Black culture". Lamar further suggests that Drake's portrayal of Blackness likens him to Brad "B-Rad G" Gluckman from the film Malibu's Most Wanted(2003). In the third verse, Lamar flips Drake's comment about how he raps like he is about to "get the slaves freed" in "Family Matters" to not only claim that he misused the term "slave", but to also accuse him of exploiting Black artists from Atlanta for street credibility and financial gain. He uses his previous collaborations with Future, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Quavo and 2 Chainzas examples of him forming "calculated strategies" over "authentic connections"—actions Lamar considers to be a form of colonization.

This song was praised for its contagious production, Lamar's vocal performance, and scathing songwriting. Due to its call and response lyrics, hyphy beat and anthemic nature, this song also became popular in sports, concerts, awards shows, and this years presidential election more specifically for the Democratic Party and during during Kamala Harris campaign for president as a form of a diss towards republican candidate (and winner of the election) Donald Trump and members of the Republican Party who supported him. Nevertheless it’s a song of the summer and the year for a reason

Fifth track: "Back in Blood" is a song by American rapper Pooh Shiestyfeaturing fellow American rapper Lil Durk. It was released through Atlantic Records and 1017 Records on November 5, 2020, as the lead single from the former's debut mixtape, Shiesty Season (2021), and two days before his twenty-first birthday.

With its sinister piano beat and violent lyrics about seeking revenge through violence , it’s become an iconic hit with lil durk verse being the most memorable part of the song. “You can’t come back to your hood, huh? (Nope)” - this line May be a chief keef diss. In a prior song, All these n***** with late rapper King Von, Lil durk recites “You can’t even go to your hood” as a sneak diss to chief keef as Keef was robbed in his own hood for not giving back to them.

“He was dissin’ on my cousin, now his a** all in that wood, huh? (Boom, boom, boom)”- Lil Durk presumably refers to MUBU Krump, a fellow rapper from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. MUBU was disrespecting(“dissing”) Durk’s cousin and fellow labelmate, OTF Nunu, who tragically got shot and passed away in May 2014. Using the theory of karma, MUBU’s actions backfired at him later and he also died in May 2018 from a shootout.(in other words in lil durk cases, mubu messed around and found out.)

Book his a**, I wish he would come (P***y)

V. Roy pop up out that cut with that new Glock, I wish he would run (Grrah, grrah-grrah)- “V. Roy” is a well-known alias of Lil Durk’s longtime friend and fellow labelmate King Von, who is also from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. The rapper was known for keeping a weapon with him at all times. This is because the place is known for its extremely high rate of killings and gang violence.

Pretty brutal lyrics that take no prisoners. And let’s not forget this line “Pooh Shiesty, that’s my dawg, but Pooh, you know I’m really shiesty (My n***)-“Shiesty” is another word for greedy or disrespectful. Durk shows that he relates to Shiesty by identifying with his name and the meaning behind it. Following the release of “Back in Blood,” this line became a viral sound on TikTok, with many users creating their own videos to the track.

other mentions:

Sixth track: "Under the Bridge" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the eleventh track on their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). It was released in March 1992 by Warner Bros. Records. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics while reflecting on loneliness and the struggles of being clean from drugs, and almost did not share it with the band.

considered to be their most popular song in their discography and their signature song, "Under the Bridge" was praised by critics and fans for its emotional weight. The song was a commercial success and the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on the Cash Box Top 100 and certified platinum. It was also a success in other countries, mostly charting within the top 10.  anyone who has been through or struggled with addiction and loneliness can relate to the track , especially during the time when the world was going through a pandemic and lockdowns..

Seventh track: "Can't Catch Me Now" is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from the soundtrack to the 2023 American dystopian action film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Rodrigo co-wrote the song with its producer, Dan Nigro. Geffen Records released it as the soundtrack's second single on November 3, 2023. A folk rock and chamber-folk balladdriven by acoustic guitars, the song has lyrics about vengeance and the narrator's inescapable presence in the subject's life, inspired by the film's plot.

The song’s tone is as much taunting as it is mysterious. Its ending suggests that Katniss Everdeen becomes another example of how Lucy Gray continues to affect his life.

On November 13, 2023, Rodrigo released a music video for the song. It shows her in the locations of the movie, mainly running through the field and sitting in the cabin. It also features clips of Snow and Baird in the movie.

Eighth track: "First Class" is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow, released through Atlantic Records and Generation Now as the second single from Harlow's second album Come Home the Kids Miss You on April 8, 2022.The song was produced by Rogét Chahayed, BabeTruth, Charlie Handsome, Jasper Harrisand Nickie Jon Pabón, and heavily samples the 2006 Fergie song "Glamorous", which features Ludacris and was produced by Polow da Don. The song went viral on TikTok before its release. The song sees Harlow rapping about his "journey to success" and also "spelling out what's in store for his traveling companion" over a soft piano melody, which leads into Harlow sampling the chorus of Fergie's 2006 song "Glamorous". The song became popular with relatable lyrics of how someone who was once a relatively unknown artist became a new sensation and nostalgia due to sample track

Ninth track: "Second Chance" is a song by American rock band Shinedown and the second single from their 2008 album, The Sound of Madness.

Shinedown’s lead singer Brent Smith told the audience at Pointfest 22 about the meaning of “Second Chance,” saying:

It’s important for you to hear this… When I grew up, everyone was okay with being in a bubble. They were cool in their circle. That’s fine. But no one should discourage someone if they have a dream, if they want something more […] This song was difficult for me to write the lyrics to because it’s about my mother and father, and about the day I said goodbye to them, because I had to go try and I’m still trying every day to become a man. So, this song is about that. It’s about the moment you wake up and you decide you want to go for every single dream you ever want.

To date, "Second Chance" is the second-to-last hard rock song to make the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100.

Tenth track: Start Over is a Song by Claudia Isaki from her album More Flowers released back in 2023.

Over an soft jazz and acoustic beat ‘Start Over’ is not just a breakup song but also, it describes the inevitable feeling of sadness when forced to confront one broken self. “I’m feeling myself getting older / the fire is not burning the way it used to be”, she sings in a nonchalant manner. This could be interpreted as this love affair has made her question everything else about herself. In fear of letting go, she blazes through the refrain with lyrics such as “Can we start over? / Can we just start over?” even though she admitted on one of the first lines; “You are not a man, you’re just a lie.”

On the outro, it becomes more apparent that it is her way of processing this tragic encounter. On one hand, she’s naturally losing confidence in herself, questioning her every actions and on another hand, longing for a love she knows has ended, or perhaps for the person she used to be at her happiest state. Throughout the song, in recognizing all of her broken pieces, at the same time, Claudia is rebuilding herself up. It doesn’t appear as though Claudia is going for a cry for help but moreso, trying to share her pain with those who can relate and mustn’t feel alone or go through this process without support, even if it is just this "music thing".

11th track:
"I Can See You" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version)(2023). It is one of the album's "From the Vault" tracks that was intended for but excluded from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, "I Can See You" features a guitar riff. The lyrics are sexually suggestive and contain flirtatious innuendos, describing Swift's attraction to a person she comes across often.

Music critics gave the song positive reviews, and praised its rhythmic production, sensual lyrics, and catchiness; some picked it as a highlight amongst the album's vault tracks. Critics have ranked it among her best "From the Vault" tracks. Commercially, "I Can See You" peaked at number four on the BillboardGlobal 200 and the top ten on singles charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It received certifications in Australia and the United Kingdom.

12th track:
"Lovin on Me" is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow. It was released through Generation Now and Atlantic Recordsas a single on November 10, 2023. Harlow wrote the song with producers Oz, Sean Momberger, and Nik D, alongside Nickie Jon Pabón and Reginald Nelton. The song samples the 1995 R&B track "Whatever (Bass Soliloquy)" by Cadillac Dale. Prior to its release, a snippet of the song went viral on TikTok. The music video for the song was released the same day.

"Lovin on Me" is a pop rap track. It samples the 1995 R&B song "Whatever (Bass Solique)" by Cadillac Dale, repurposing its chorus.Lyrically, the single opens with "I'm vanilla baby / I'll choke you, but I'm no killer baby". On its verses, Harlow raps flirtatiously toward a potential lover.

13th track :  "Sweeter" is a song by American singer Leon Bridges from the album Gold-Diggers Sound released on June 8, 2020, Bridges and Terrace Martinreleased a single titled "Sweeter" in response to the May 25 murder of George Floyd. The narrator of the song is a dead man whose mother and siblings weep over him.

14th track "High Forever" is a song by American rock band The Maine from their album XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time 

Lead singer John O'Callaghan explained in a track-by-track breakdown how this song fits into the record.

We really kind of let this one live in its own world, and I’m really happy we did, because it feels like the oddball, but it’s really important, especially eight records in, to take chances and kind of experiment with your sound and see if people dig it, and if not, it’s a chance worth taking.

John also revealed that the guitar riff in this song is an homage to “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears.

15th track: "Like That" is a song by the American rapper Future and record producer Metro Boomin with fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was sent to US rhythmic radio through Freebandz, Boominati Worldwide, Epic Records, and Republic as the third and final single from Future and Metro's collaborative studio album, We Don't Trust You, on March 22, 2024.

Solely produced by Metro himself, the three artists wrote the song alongside Kobe Hood; Rodney-O & Joe Cooley are also credited as songwriters as the bass line in the song contains samples of their 1986 song, "Everlasting Bass", which in turn samples Barry White's 1973 hit "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby". "Like That" also has additional elements that contain samples of Eazy-E's 1989 single, "Eazy-Duz-It", and contains a vocal sample of Michel'le

A trap and hardcore hip hop song that is predominantly composed of lively percussions, "Like That" received acclaim from music critics, who primarily praised Lamar's performance (which btw was a surprise feature) and Metro's production. His verse, which attracted significant media coverage, is a diss aimed at fellow rappers Drake and J. Cole in response to their 2023 collaboration, "First Person Shooter."

Lyrically, Lamar uses his surprise appearance to directly respond to "First Person Shooter", rapping: "Yeah, get up with me, f*** sneak dissing / "First Person Shooter", I hope they came with three switches". He also rejected J. Cole's idea of the three rappers representing hip hop as its "big three" and claims that he alone takes the top spot: "Motherf***the big three, n**** it's just big me". 

Throughout his verse, Lamar compares his rivalry with Drake to Prince's reported feud with Michael Jackson ("What? I'm really like that / And your best work is a light pack / N****, Prince outlived Mike Jack"). Drake has notably compared himself to Michael Jackson on numerous occasions, including during the final verse of "First Person Shooter", and Lamar has similarly compared himself to Prince.

Lamar also makes references to the bay area’s hip hop group the Click ("N***** clickin' up, but cannot be legit / No 40 Water") and Stephen King's 1983 novel Pet Sematary("'Fore all your dogs gettin' buried / That's a K with all these nines / He gon' see Pet Sematary").

16th track: "Thru the Night" is a song by Jack Harlow featuring r&b artist and fellow Kentucky native Bryson Tiller from Harlow 2019 album Confetti. The song samples Childish Gambino's cover of "U Don't Have To Call" by Usher

17th track: A Bar Song (Tipsy) is a song by American country musician Shaboozey. The song was released April 12, 2024, as the fourth single from his third album Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" tied "Old Town Road" as the longest-running number-one song of all time on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 19 weeks at the top of the chart, the most for a song by a solo artist.  The country song interpolates J-Kwon's 2004 single "Tipsy". The song is about a narrator who is frustrated from hard work at his job, and takes out his frustrations by drinking alcohol at a bar and having fun. 

18th track: "All My Life" is a song by American rapper Lil Durk featuring fellow American rapper J. Cole. It was released through Only the Family, Alamo Records, and Sony Music as the lead single from the former's eighth studio album, Almost Healed, on May 12, 2023 , It was written alongside Rocco Did It Again!, Ryan Ogren, LunchMoney Lewis, Theron Thomas of R. City, and producer Dr. Luke. It features uncredited vocals from the young choir.

"All My Life" sees Durk trade his usual energetic drill style for more introspective production, which was considered a departure from his regular style of music, and contains the vocals of a young choir as he raps about the criticism that he has faced: "I decided I had to finish, but the media called me a menace / I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I'm tryna change the image / You can't blame my past no more, I come from the trenches". He raps about social and community changes as he touches on abusing drugs, paying child support, and children wanting to cause self-harm, speaking on what he has lately been trying to do to help the world change for the better. Cole raps about young rappers dying before they reach a big level of fame in his verse. The song won Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, making it Durk's first Grammy and J. Cole's second.

19th track: "Beautiful Things" is a song by American singer and songwriter Benson Boone. It was released on January 19, 2024, through Night Street Records and Warner Records as the lead single of his debut studio album, Fireworks & Rollerblades(2024). The song was co-written by Boone with Jack LaFrantz and Evan Blair, and produced by the latter. "Beautiful Things" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Beautiful Things" topped the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

"Beautiful Things" is a "ballad about the meaning of life", where Boone reflects on gratitude for life, love and the "volatility of happiness".

The song adds a "more powerful" layer to the "softness" he exhibited with previous singles like "In the Stars", helping him bring out "all of his character" from inside and performing different "vocal turns". Consisting of "soulful verses" paired with a "powerful chorus", Boone showcases "raw, emotive vocals". It is in the key of B-flat major

20th track:
"Churchill Downs" is a song by American rapper Jack Harlowfeaturing Canadian rapper Drake from the former's second studio album Come Home the Kids Miss You (2022). It was produced by Boi-1da, Audi, BEDRM, and Ace G.

The song leaked in May 2022, upon which it received attention for Drake taking subliminal shots at rapper Pusha T. Jack Harlow said in an interview with Hot 97 that both he and Drake were upset about the leak. Pusha T responded to the leak on The Breakfast Club, saying, "I even heard that and it sounds old to me. Like, the flows sound old. And then it's like, even what is considered like, the shots. It's like, bro, after what I've done, like 'the middleman' talk and all that type of talk — that's not scathing for me. I'm here to like, burn down everything." Harlow later revealed on The Breakfast Club that he added more lyrics to his verse after he heard Drake's.

In June 2022, fellow American rapper Lil Yachty revealed to YouTuber DJ Akademikssome details behind how the song was composed. According to Yachty, Drake told him that he wrote his verse in about 11 minutes, in front of Harlow, while they were on vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The song uses a flute instrumental. In the song, the artists rap about the pitfalls of fame, and "throw humble compliments at each other when they're not offering cutting, pragmatic commentary". Jack Harlow's line "I'm hip-hop, do you fully understand?" have been called the "defining defensive line" of the album. Drake also references his feud with Pusha T in his verse.

21st track:
"Meet the Grahams" (stylized in lowercase) is a diss track by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 3, 2024, through Interscope Records, during his ongoing feud with Canadian rapper Drake. It is Lamar's response to the release of Drake's "Family Matters," a diss track mainly aimed at Lamar. "Meet the Grahams" premiered under an hour after the release of "Family Matters".

the song is written in the form of a letter, with each verse addressed to members of Drake's family, including his son Adonis, his parents Sandra and Dennis Graham, his alleged daughter, and Drake himself. In the song, Lamar accuses Drake of being an absent father, signing sex offenders to his OVO Soundrecord label, and being a sexual predatorhimself. He also alleges that Drake is running a sex trafficking ring out of his Toronto mansion, saying it will soon be raided by law enforcement. Lamar further accuses Drake of lying about his family, his OVO Sound labelmates, and Lamar himself.

Produced by the Alchemist, "Meet the Grahams", unlike Lamar's previous responses(the witty and clever “ euphoria” and the just as witty and in retrospect a warning shot to Drake “6:16 in LA“ )takes on an unsettling, haunting atmosphere, with an eerie piano-driven beat, sampled from Timothy Carpenter & Triunity's "I Want To Make It", accompanying critical lyrics accusing Drake of a number of wrongdoings including parental negligence, sexual exploitation, sexual grooming, sex trafficking, and another incident of child abandonment. Even ignoring all the extreme claims he makes about Drake as a person, the beat hinges around a sinister, off-kilter jazz piano loop reminiscent of a funeral dirge, all while Kendrick recites in a calm, yet incredibly calculated and quietly furious timbre about the darkest, most awful truths of a man. Euphoria and 6:16 and l.a were just warning shots to drake to not get to the point where things had to go personal but with this diss track, He doesn’t just want to beat him in this rivalry he straight-up wants to see him DEAD. Not a hyperbole

The track's lyrics take the form of a letter with multiple verses addressed at members of Drake's family. The first verse is addressed to Drake's son Adonis, the second is addressed to Dennis and Sandra "Sandi" Graham, both of Drake's parents, the third is addressed to Drake's alleged daughter, and the last verse is addressed to Drake himself. In the song, Lamar alleges that Drake has a secret child, a daughter, accuses Drake of fathering further children aside from his alleged daughter, states that Drake has sex offenders on his record label OVO Sound, and calls him a sexual predator. Lamar also mentions that Drake is allegedly running a sex trafficking ring out of his Toronto mansion and states that his mansion known as "The Embassy" will be raided by law enforcement because of this, directly alluding to colleague Sean "Diddy" Combs' estate being raided amid his sexual abuse allegations. Lamar also compares Drake's actions to those of former film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein. 

Lamar, in the final section of the track addressing Drake, addresses the confusion that came out of the track releasing within an hour of Drake's "Family Matters" with the lines "Dear Aubrey / I know you're probably thinkin' I wanted to crash your party / But truthfully, I don't have a hatin' bone in my body / There's supposed to be a good exhibition within the game / But you fucked up the moment you called out my family's name". "meet the grahams" -on top of being the most cold-blooded and scathing diss Kendrick has ever written — is also musically one of the darkest tracks in his discography

• The opening line alone is infamous for just how simple yet brutal it is: following Drake deciding to target Kendrick by accusing him of being unfaithful to his family, Kendrick wastes no time targeting Drakenote  for his confirmedneglectful behavior by addressing Drake's son, whose existence was intentionally suppressed and only became revealed when he was ousted in a different rap beef. It sets the tone of the diss off immediately: it's no longer about challenging Drake and his place in the hip-hop game, but about destroying Aubrey Graham as a person.Dear Adonis: I'm sorry that that man is your father.

The final passage is a message to Drake himself of how much Kendrick wants to understand and sympathize with him on a human level, but ultimately breaking down in disgust all of Drake's character flaws, from his gambling addiction, his chronic homewrecking and slanderous tendencies, his contempt for the women he constantly yearns to have sex with, his chronic backstabbing of those he uses to boost own fame and ego once they've done their job, and ultimately how much of a destructive liar he is, with Kendrick's vocals gradually layering over each other as if he's a vengeful ghost about to drag him down to hell for his sins.

the final line sums this haunting, clever, brutal and well executed psychological horror of a track

“Take that mask off, I wanna see what's under them achievements
Why believe you? You never gave us nothin' to believe in
'Cause you lied about religious views, you lied about your surgery
You lied about your accent and your past tense, all is perjury
You lied about your ghostwriters, you lied about your crew members
They all pussy, you lied on 'em, I know they all got you in 'em
You LIED about your son, you LIED about your daughter, huh
You LIED about them other kids that's out there hopin' that you come
You lied about the only artist that can offer you some help
Fuck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself!”

Pretty brutal and yet genius from beginning to end

22nd track: "Broadway Girls" is a song by American rapper Lil Durk, featuring vocals from American country music singer Morgan Wallen.(yes this did happen and nope I am not making this up.) It was released on December 17, 2021, through Alamo as the second single from Durk's seventh studio album, 7220(2022). "Broadway Girls" is a hip hop and country drill song and also serves as the first time that Wallen had sung on a trap beat. Contrary to the song title this has nothing to do with the girls who love Broadway (as in the famous New York City Broadway) On October 1, 2021, Wallen posted a teaser clip on Instagram with the caption: "IDK what this is or what it's for but sounds bout right".

He explained the inspiration was from Nashville's Broadway street, with the lyrics telling the story of going to a SoBro bar owned by fellow American country music singer Jason Aldean. The song described Wallen on "a night out in Downtown Nashville with a girl that he met at 'Aldeans'" TMZ wrote that "it's way more hip-hopflavored than country". Filiz Mustafa of HITCcommented that "the rap and country crossover blends Morgan and Lil Durk's distinctive voices and styles in a surprisingly good way".

23rd track: "Superhero" is a song from the American rock band Jane's Addiction from their album Strays and it’s best known as the theme song for Entourage , an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO(2004-2011)

24th track : "Radio Song" is a song by American singer-songwriter Hardy from his album the mockingbird & THE CROW (released on January 20, 2023) and featured Jeremy McKinnon who is the founding member and the lead vocalist of the rock metalcore band A Day to Remember . The album features a mix of country music and hard rock music The first half being country music and the second half being hard core rock (though it also does have some level of country in it, but it’s mostly hard rock) . According to one review, from TiVo it says:

The title of The Mockingbird & THE CROW represents the two sides of Hardy's personality: the former represents the country crooner that lies deep inside; the latter is the rocker yearning to fly. If you have trouble telling the two sides apart, Hardy offers a handy typographical shorthand by setting all of his country material in a lower case font and his rockers in all caps.

Musically, there are differences too, mainly lying in how Hardyis eager to let himself or guest Jeremy McKinnon bellow like it was 1999. Not that the Mockingbird section doesn't sound more than a little bit like Kid Rock. 

Hardy favors country cliches learned through Southern rock, hip-hop filtered through nu metal and pop he heard on television, a blend that gives The Mockingbird & THE CROW a distinctly commercial bent no matter how he claims not to be offering a "Radio Song." That he hits all of his marks with a deadening thud only emphasizes that this self-styled rebel knows exactly how to play the game. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

However most critics were not too kind to the album. Some of them going as far to say was one of the worst albums of 2023. Still the album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 55,000 album-equivalent units, making it Hardy's highest-charting album. So good for him I guess.

24th track: “lights on “ is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes from his second studio album Illuminate. This song contains lyrics about lovemaking in a way that is not too racy or overly sexual in nature. Very classy, very demure and mature

25th track: "Neon Lights" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato from her fourth studio album, Demi (2013). The song was released as the album's third single on November 19, 2013 . The song, with its prominent EDM and four-on-the-floor influences, covered new ground for Lovato, who had been previously known for her pop rock and ballad singles. Its accompanying music video was released on November 21, 2013. A re-recorded rock version with American rock band The Maine was included on her first remix album Revamped

26th track: "She Knows" is a song by American rapper and record producer J. Cole, released on October 29, 2013, as the fourth single from his second studio album, Born Sinner. The song samples "Bad Things" by Cults and was produced by J. Cole. The lyrics represents Cole apologizing for cheating on his girlfriend, with a lack of sympathy by intending that "bad things were intended for him". He later expresses guilt about his seduction, ending the song.

27th track: "Surround Sound" is a song by American rapper JID featuring British-American rapper 21 Savage and fellow American rapper Baby Tate, released on January 14, 2022, as the lead single from the former's third studio album The Forever Story (2022). Produced by DJ Scheme, Christo, and Nuri, it contains a sample of "One Step Ahead" by Aretha Franklin.

In late 2023, the song gained a viral resurgence on the video app TikTok after a trend named the "Ceiling Challenge" was created. As a result, more than 57,000 videos were made using the song. The trend caused the song to peak at number 40 on the BillboardHot 100 in January 2024, two years after its original release. A few days before the song was released, JID previewed the music video on Instagram. In a later post, he revealed the inspiration behind the song was from focusing on the environmental sounds and noises around him as a child, to find an escape from his chaotic home life.

In the beginning of the song, a sample of "One Step Ahead" by Aretha Franklin is played and a loop built around it serves as the instrumental. JID raps the chorus and first verse with double entendres and multisyllabic rhymes. The second verse is rapped by 21 Savage, who "mixes gun talk with making sound financial decisions". Near the first half of the song, Baby Tate provides "fluttering vocals" in R&Bstyle closing out of the first part. The beat then switches to a "woozy, bass-bombed wobble that artfully weaves in elements from the song's first half". During the second half of the song, JID returns with another verse, which has a darker approach and has been described as "cut-throat".

28th track: "Makeba" is a song by French singer-songwriter Jain, released on 6 November 2015, from her debut studio album, Zanaka. It was written by Jain and produced by her longtime collaborator Maxim Nucci. The refrainof the song used a sample from the 1978 song "Me and the Gang" by the American percussionist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Hamilton Bohannon. "Makeba" peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart. It references Miriam Makeba, also known as "Mama Africa", a South African singer and anti-apartheid civil rights activist.

In June 2023, "Makeba" received a resurgence in popularity due to the virality it achieved on TikTok. The song has been used in ads for Marshalls and Levi's.(I definitely understand why this song has become more popular two years ago compared to when it was first released, and it was used in fashion commercials, it’s definitely giving modeling, on the catwalk during fashion week vibes )

29th track:
"Swing Life Away" is a song by American punk rock band Rise Against. It is an acoustic ballad, with a sharp guitar sound and optimistic lyrics about daily life and the working class. The song was first included in the 2003 compilation album Punk Goes Acoustic, and was later expanded upon in the band's 2004 album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

Critics praised the song for its simple yet effective lyrics and sharp guitar sound. The accompanying music video follows the band members as they hang out with friends, and was intended to have an easygoing feel. "Swing Life Away" remains one of Rise Against's most popular songs, and Tim McIlrath has noted how fans have used the song for various purposes, including school graduations, proms, weddings, and funerals. In 2013, American rapper Machine Gun Kellyreleased the mixtape Black Flag, which included a cover of "Swing Life Away". The cover has new verses written by Kelly, and features guest vocals by Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens.

36th track:
"Single Soon" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released as a standalone single on August 25, 2023, through Interscope Records. The track was produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat. Musically, it is a synthwave-driven dance-pop song. The song debuted within the top-twenty on many official world charts including the Canadian Hot 100, the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the Billboard Global 200. In 2024, it won a ASCAP pop music award.

In February 2023, Gomez first spoke about her upcoming musical output, telling Vanity Fair, that it was "about real things that I'm walking through" and described it as "really powerful, strong, very pop" and "freedom from relationships, freedom from the darkness". She further confirmed working on new music in May 2023. On August 13, 2023, fans spotted posters with the question "Single Soon?" with a phone number attached to them. When dialing the number, a voicemail greeting can be heard to "never worry about boyfriends at all". The posters also pointed to a website called "illbesinglesoon.com" with the bottom of the page displaying links to Gomez's social media and newsletter.

On August 17, after numerous fan speculations, Gomez eventually announced the single on her social media and revealed its cover art, which features her "posing in the backseat of a car with a glamorous fur jacket". Limited edition 7-inch vinyls of the song were made available to preorder, along with its pre-save on streaming platforms. In an accompanying statement, she stated that "Single Soon" is just "a fun little song I wrote a while back that’s perfect for the end of summer" and that she is not "quite done with" her upcoming fourth studio album.

On September 14, 2023, the song was removed from streaming platforms and digital stores temporarily, before returning to its uploaded state after a few hours. It is a dance-pop and synthwave song about breaking up with a partner.


37th track: "Family Ties" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rappers Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar. The song was released on August 27, 2021, by Columbia Records and pgLang. The song serves as the fourth single from Keem's debut album, The Melodic Blue. The song also serves as Lamar’s first musical release under pgLang, a production company he co-founded in March 2020."

Family Ties" marked Lamar's first single and new music since "Pray for Me" with Canadian singer The Weeknd, released in 2018. The song also marks the first official collaboration between Keem and Lamar, who are cousins. The single’s cover art depicts them in a family portrait, which pays homage to the album cover of Lamar's breakout 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The accompanying music video features a cameo from singer Normaniand won the 2022 BET Award for Video of the Year. It spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 18

The accompanying music video was directed by Dave Free, and features a cameo from singer Normani, alongside Baby Keem, and Lamar who is billed mid-video as Oklama.

In the first scene, the music video begins with a moshpit of black men, who are wearing black bombers and sunglasses surrounding Keem and Lamar, with the two artists wearing orange attire. Black ballerinas are also featured. In the second scene, Lamar raps about still being relevant in hip-hop despite taking a hiatus. Near the end of the music video, Normani appears in a stretch limo SUV alongside the two rappers, before the rappers make their last proclamations. Throughout the video, clips of different sizes and themes are placed on top of the video, overlapping the ones below them. The video is divided into two "scenes", with scene 1 representing Keem's section, and scene 2 representing Lamar's section.

one thing I could say about this track is that You really need to it live because it really sounds better in a concert

38th track: “You,” is a track from Jor’Dan Armstrong from the album Church Girls Love R&B released on March 4th, 2022. The album themes consist of Drama, Heartbreak, Action, and most of all [an] inspirational message of Unconditional Love.” In addition to the project is a six-part Instagram series that depicts a woman distraught after finding out about her boyfriend alleged infidelities. Thankfully, her friends (including Armstrong himself) provide support before she makes any terrible decisions, and ultimately reconciles with her significant other following a conversation. Overall is a gospel album filled with inspiring and feel good tunes that are enjoyable to listen to even if you’re not a Christian or a fan of his music.

39th track: Blessed Up is a Song by Anike, Lecrae, and pastor Mike Todd from the album Blessed Up (Remix) released 2021. A remix of the track of the same name, The chemistry between the two artists is palpable as they ping-pong off each other. With inspiring lyrics like "I've been blessed up/I've been broke down/Gotta catch up/Gotta shine now," and a powerful message from pastor Todd, the motivational lyrics inspires the listener to be appreciative of God’s blessings while also inspiring to move and be ready to start the day and celebrate the blessings and the journey that comes with it

40th track: "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the third single from his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Singleschart, number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,and number two on the R&B chart. The song's lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one's stride and accentuating the positive. In 1992, British band Incognitohad a European hit with their cover of the song.

The tune is in E♭ minor, starting with a Latinpiano intro. The opening melody is reminiscent of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father",over which Stevie engages in an English-speaking dialogue with a woman, trying to impress her with talk of worldliness of having been to "Iraq, Iran, Ukraingia", often misheard as 'Eurasia'. The actual lyric mispronounces Ukraine as the singer runs out of exotic places to reference, with Ukraingia being a totally made up word, before the singer changes to somewhat intelligible Spanish using the phrase "Todo 'stá bien chévere", which loosely translates as "Everything's really great," continuing with an attempt to impress the woman.

It uses the "Sunny" chord progression.

59th track:
"False God" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover(2019). Written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, it has an atmospheric, slow-building production combining neo soul, R&B, smooth jazz, and sophisti-pop. The jazz-influenced composition consists of a saxophone riff, trap beats, and hiccuping vocal samples. The lyrics use religious imagery to depict hardships and intimacy in a long-distance romantic relationship, mentioning New York City and its neighborhood West Village.

Music critics highlighted the sexually provocative lyrics and the sultry production. Some regarded "False God" as an album highlight, but a few otherwise found it unremarkable. Commercially, the song peaked at number 59 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 77 on both the US Billboard Hot 100and Canadian Hot 100. It received certifications in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Swift performed the song on a 2019 episode of Saturday Night Live, assisted by the show's musical director Lenny Pickett on saxophone. She sang it live four times on the Eras Tour(2023–2024). The song has been covered by the English singer-songwriter James Bay and the American country singer Ryan Hurd.

"False God" is about how false promises can help overcome the challenges of a long-distance relationship ("We were stupid to jump in the ocean separating us/ Remember how I'd fly to you?"). The song extensively uses religious imagery, mentioning false god, altar, sacramental wine, heaven, and hell. Some reviewers thought that the lyrics alluded to oral sex ("Religion's in your lips/ [...] The altar is my hips").

The narrator talks about physical pleasure using heavenly imagery: "I know heaven's a thing, I go there when you touch me, honey." The couple encounters challenges ("Hell is when I fight with you") and tries to make amends, but puts up with uneasy silence ("And you can't talk to me when I'm like this/ Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you/ You're the West Village/ You still do it for me, babe"). Religious imagery continue in the lyrics, "Making confessions and we're begging for forgiveness/ Got the wine for you." In the chorus, the narrator talks about how "religion's in your lips" and "the alter is my hips", ultimately accepting the false hopes, "We might just get away with it/ [...] Even if it's a false god." The line "We'd still worship this love" is repeated multiple times.

60th track: "Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley (which is being highlighted today) that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Jeff Buckley, inspired by Cale's earlier cover, recorded one of the most acclaimed versions of "Hallelujah" for his only complete album, Grace, in 1994. It was released as a single in 2007, ten years after Buckley's death.

Critical reception

In 2004, Buckley's version was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The same year Timecalled Buckley's version "exquisitely sung," observing "Cohen murmured the original like a dirge, but ... Buckley treated the ... song like a tiny capsule of humanity, using his voice to careen between glory and sadness, beauty and pain ... It's one of the great songs."

In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by the magazine Q listed "Hallelujah" among the all-time "Top 10 Greatest Tracks" with John Legend calling Buckley's version "as near perfect as you can get. The lyrics to 'Hallelujah' are just incredible and the melody's gorgeous and then there's Jeff's interpretation of it. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of recorded music I've ever heard." In July 2009, the Buckley track was ranked number three on the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, a listener poll held every decade by the Australian radio station Triple J. In 2017, The International Observer named Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" the greatest song of all time.

On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Buckley's version of the song will be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.

Buckley's version was not an instant hit, nor did Buckley live to see the full measure of the reception his recording would ultimately have; he died in 1997. The album on which it appeared did not go gold in the US until 2002, nine years after its release. In fact, like Cohen's original, the Buckley version was not released as a single until much later, and it did not chart until 2006, posthumously for Buckley. In March of that year, Buckley had his first national top 10 best-seller when "Hallelujah" was at number seven in Norway. In 2007, it made the top 3 on the Swedish charts. In March 2008, it topped Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in the US after a performance of the song by Jason Castro in the seventh season of American Idol. The sudden resurgence of interest provided both Gold and Platinum status, the RIAA certifying the digital track on 22 April 2008. It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010. It also hit number one in France in March 2008.

The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas, including the movie Lord of War, the series The West Wing,Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, The O.C., Third Watch, LAX, and Justiça. "Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use", Time quoted Buckley's publisher as saying. The magazine opined that its liberal use in some cases was "a tacit admission that neither the writers nor the actors could convey their characters' emotions as well as Buckley."

On 20 April 2013, Buckley's version of the song was played at Fenway Park during a tribute honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing before the Red Sox played their first home game following the tragedy.

70th track: "Now That We Found Love" (also known as "Now That We've Found Love") is a song written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally recorded by American R&B/soul vocal group the O'Jays for their seventh album, Ship Ahoy (1973). The one being discussed is this 90s cover version from American group Heavy D & the Boyz released their very successful dance/house cover of "Now That We Found Love" in 1991. It was produced by Teddy Riley and remains their biggest hit. The song was released in June by Uptown Records as the second single from their third album, Peaceful Journey (1991), and peaked at number two in the UK and number 11 in the US. Its music video was directed by Drew Carolan.

"Now That We Found Love" was very successful on the singles charts on several continents. In Europe, it reached number two in the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. In the latter, the single peaked at number two in its fourth week at the UK Singles Chart, on July 21, 1991, Sweden and Netherlands.[6] They were all held off the top spot by Bryan Adams' massive hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". On the UK Dance Singles Chart, it reached number four. Additionally, the single entered the top 10 also in Austria (8), Belgium (5), Denmark (3), Germany (4), Greece (5), Ireland (6), Norway (6), Spain (5) and Switzerland (4), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it peaked at number four in September 1991. Outside Europe, it peaked at number-one on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada, number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number eleven on the BillboardHot 100 in the US. In Oceania, "Now That We Found Love" was also a top 10 hit in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number six and ten, respectively. 

"Now That We Found Love" was awarded with a gold record in the United States, with a sale of 500,000 singles.

71st track: "Human" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Perri for her second studio album, Head or Heart (2014). The song was written by Perri and Martin Johnson, who also produced the song. It was released on November 18, 2013, as the lead single for the album.[2] Released to generally positive reviews, "Human" has since become a Top 10 Adult Pop hit in the United States, as well as her third and final top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by RIAA in June 2014.[3]

Like previous singles "Jar of Hearts" and "Arms", "Human" is largely built around a piano melody and showcases her voice.[7] It is a pop power ballad written in key Ab major, and features a strong build-up towards the chorus.[8][9] The song features a string arrangement by notable arranger David Campbell. Critics have compared Perri's honest, heart-on-her-sleeve songwriting to that of Taylor Swift.[7]Lyrically, "Human" uses relatable yet specific details to describe the vulnerability of being human. The verses find Perri musing the things she would do for love, yet as she sings in the chorus, "I'm only human / And I bleed when I fall down."

72nd track:
"Dance Monkey" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I's debut EP, The Kids Are Coming. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting.[3]

When interviewed by DJ Smallzy in July 2019 on Australian radio station Nova FM, Tones explained that Dance Monkey's lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was busking (street performing) on the streets of Australia:

"I wrote this song when I was busking, and about the pressure that I felt to always be entertaining people on the street. And if they didn't like it, when they looked at their phones they could just click something else; ... we are all so used to being entertained at the click of a button."

"So when you're [busking] on the street, .. to command [your] attention, people would be like: 'again! again!' .. 'more! more!' .. or they would just leave. So if you replace [the lyric]: 'dance for me, dance for me' with 'sing for me, sing for me,' it's pretty literal," she said.

while it was the one of the successful songs in 2019 and in 2020 due to its popularity during the pandemic, (it was declared the most Shazamed song of all time with 36.6 million searches.[19] In December 2020, Dance Monkey became the third most-streamed song on Spotify with over 2.5 billion streams, making Tones the first female artist to do so.[20]) A few listeners express displeasure of the song, with some even going as far to name it "the worst song of all time".[21] Tones has even expressed that she "loathe[s] that song a lot of the time. A lot of times I don't want to sing it."[22]

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I know that it’s been weeks since my Spotify wrapped but I thought it would be a good idea to talk about my top songs

first track: “Everything” is a Song by Lena Byrd Miles and Otis Kemp from the album Meet Me In Miami released on June 14, 2024. After traveling on tour together, Kemp was looking for someone to bring this song he had in his archives “to life”. Would you believe that the two completed the song over Facetime? Co-written by Otis, his colleague Candice, and his niece, this song affirms that when something is meant to be, it will be!

second track: “killing in the name “ rage against the machine. I already mentioned this in my previous post so I’m going to keep it slightly brief. Here’s some fun facts: On February 21, 1993, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the uncensored version of the song on his Top 40 Countdown, leading to 138 complaints.Brookes was recording an advertisement for the following week’s Top 40 Countdown while the song played. In November 2008, the song was played over the speakers in an Asdasupermarket in Preston, Lancashire, prompting complaints from customers. Asda issued an apology.

Oh and one more thing: remember the Christmas campaign for this song to be number one in the uk Christmas charts and it ended up being successful thus ending the X factor uk chart Christmas chart streak after four years? During BBC Radio 5 Live show the group performed an uncensored rendition of the song in mid-December 2009, despite the hosts asking them to censor the expletives.

Knowing this group, you know where this is going

During the crescendo of their performance, frontman Zack De La Rocha started out only singing “I won’t do what you tell me”, with a pause where he normally sings “fuck you”, but after a few lines, he screamed the lyrics, “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” repeatedly. Hosts Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty apologized afterwards

third track: Nobody but God is a gospel song by by Faith City Music and Tim Bowman, Jr. from their album Welcome to Faith City released on October 28, 2022. This hype up gospel track contains lyrics like about the importance of God and there’s nobody like Him:

Deliverer

Healer

He’s God Almighty

Savior

The Enemy

Must Flee

When I Call on His Name

Fourth track: “Not Like Us” is a diss track written and recorded by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 4, 2024, through Interscope Records, amidst his feud with Canadian rapper Drake. It is Lamar’s fifth installment in his series of diss tracks directed at Drake and it premiered less than 20 hours after his previous single, “Meet the Grahams”.

Primarily produced by Mustard, with additional work from Sounwave and Sean Momberger, “Not Like Us” is a hyphy-influenced West Coast hip hop song composed of a prominent bassline with lively, synthesized strings and finger snaps. Lyrically, it continues the themes first introduced in “Meet the Grahams” by doubling down on allegations of Drake’s pedophilia and sexual misconduct, (“certified loverboy, certified pedophile” ) while also criticizing his cultural identity and relationships with artists based in Atlanta, Georgia. (“You’re not a colleague, you’re a f***ing colonizer “)

Lamar first performed “Not Like Us” during The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, where he played the track five consecutive times. An accompanying music video, directed by Dave Free and Lamar, was released on American Independence Day.

The lyrics to “Not Like Us” were written solely by Lamar. It begins with him whispering “psst, I see dead people”, a reference to The Sixth Sense (1999); he previously referenced the film on “Euphoria”. Using various metaphors and allusions to his native Southern California, Lamar then dives into a barrage of attacks targeting Drake’s alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with minors. His personal incidents with J. Cole, Lil Wayne and tennis player Serena Williams are also touched on. Lamar uses Drake’s album Certified Lover Boy (2021) to label him and his OVO crew as “certified pedophiles”. Specific targets were aimed at Chubbs, his head of security; PartyNextDoor, the first artist he signed; and Baka Not Nice, who was charged with six human trafficking offenses in 2014.

Lamar also takes several opportunities to challenge Drake’s cultural identity. The chorus of “Not Like Us” has alluded to him stating that “rap practitioners” such as Drake are unlike his caliber, “one that organically abides by the given morals of Black culture”. Lamar further suggests that Drake’s portrayal of Blackness likens him to Brad “B-Rad G” Gluckman from the film Malibu’s Most Wanted(2003). In the third verse, Lamar flips Drake’s comment about how he raps like he is about to “get the slaves freed” in “Family Matters” to not only claim that he misused the term “slave”, but to also accuse him of exploiting Black artists from Atlanta for street credibility and financial gain. He uses his previous collaborations with Future, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Quavo and 2 Chainzas examples of him forming “calculated strategies” over “authentic connections"—actions Lamar considers to be a form of colonization.

This song was praised for its contagious production, Lamar’s vocal performance, and scathing songwriting. Due to its call and response lyrics, hyphy beat and anthemic nature, this song also became popular in sports, concerts, awards shows, and this years presidential election more specifically for the Democratic Party and during during Kamala Harris campaign for president as a form of a diss towards republican candidate (and winner of the election) Donald Trump and members of the Republican Party who supported him. Nevertheless it’s a song of the summer and the year for a reason

Fifth track: "Back in Blood” is a song by American rapper Pooh Shiestyfeaturing fellow American rapper Lil Durk. It was released through Atlantic Records and 1017 Records on November 5, 2020, as the lead single from the former’s debut mixtape, Shiesty Season (2021), and two days before his twenty-first birthday.

With its sinister piano beat and violent lyrics about seeking revenge through violence , it’s become an iconic hit with lil durk verse being the most memorable part of the song. “You can’t come back to your hood, huh? (Nope)” - this line May be a chief keef diss. In a prior song, All these n***** with late rapper King Von, Lil durk recites “You can’t even go to your hood” as a sneak diss to chief keef as Keef was robbed in his own hood for not giving back to them.

“He was dissin’ on my cousin, now his a** all in that wood, huh? (Boom, boom, boom)”- Lil Durk presumably refers to MUBU Krump, a fellow rapper from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. MUBU was disrespecting(“dissing”) Durk’s cousin and fellow labelmate, OTF Nunu, who tragically got shot and passed away in May 2014. Using the theory of karma, MUBU’s actions backfired at him later and he also died in May 2018 from a shootout.(in other words in lil durk cases, mubu messed around and found out.)

Book his a**, I wish he would come (P***y)

V. Roy pop up out that cut with that new Glock, I wish he would run (Grrah, grrah-grrah)- “V. Roy” is a well-known alias of Lil Durk’s longtime friend and fellow labelmate King Von, who is also from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. The rapper was known for keeping a weapon with him at all times. This is because the place is known for its extremely high rate of killings and gang violence.

Pretty brutal lyrics that take no prisoners. And let’s not forget this line “Pooh Shiesty, that’s my dawg, but Pooh, you know I’m really shiesty (My n***)-“Shiesty” is another word for greedy or disrespectful. Durk shows that he relates to Shiesty by identifying with his name and the meaning behind it. Following the release of “Back in Blood,” this line became a viral sound on TikTok, with many users creating their own videos to the track.

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Sixth track: “Under the Bridge” is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the eleventh track on their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991). It was released in March 1992 by Warner Bros. Records. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics while reflecting on loneliness and the struggles of being clean from drugs, and almost did not share it with the band.

considered to be their most popular song in their discography and their signature song, “Under the Bridge” was praised by critics and fans for its emotional weight. The song was a commercial success and the band’s highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on the Cash Box Top 100 and certified platinum. It was also a success in other countries, mostly charting within the top 10.  anyone who has been through or struggled with addiction and loneliness can relate to the track , especially during the time when the world was going through a pandemic and lockdowns..

Seventh track: “Can’t Catch Me Now” is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from the soundtrack to the 2023 American dystopian action film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Rodrigo co-wrote the song with its producer, Dan Nigro. Geffen Records released it as the soundtrack’s second single on November 3, 2023. A folk rock and chamber-folk balladdriven by acoustic guitars, the song has lyrics about vengeance and the narrator’s inescapable presence in the subject’s life, inspired by the film’s plot.

The song’s tone is as much taunting as it is mysterious. Its ending suggests that Katniss Everdeen becomes another example of how Lucy Gray continues to affect his life.

On November 13, 2023, Rodrigo released a music video for the song. It shows her in the locations of the movie, mainly running through the field and sitting in the cabin. It also features clips of Snow and Baird in the movie.

Eighth track: “First Class” is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow, released through Atlantic Records and Generation Now as the second single from Harlow’s second album Come Home the Kids Miss You on April 8, 2022.The song was produced by Rogét Chahayed, BabeTruth, Charlie Handsome, Jasper Harrisand Nickie Jon Pabón, and heavily samples the 2006 Fergie song “Glamorous”, which features Ludacris and was produced by Polow da Don. The song went viral on TikTok before its release. The song sees Harlow rapping about his “journey to success” and also “spelling out what’s in store for his traveling companion” over a soft piano melody, which leads into Harlow sampling the chorus of Fergie’s 2006 song “Glamorous”. The song became popular with relatable lyrics of how someone who was once a relatively unknown artist became a new sensation and nostalgia due to sample track

Ninth track: “Second Chance” is a song by American rock band Shinedown and the second single from their 2008 album, The Sound of Madness.

Shinedown’s lead singer Brent Smith told the audience at Pointfest 22 about the meaning of “Second Chance,” saying:

It’s important for you to hear this… When I grew up, everyone was okay with being in a bubble. They were cool in their circle. That’s fine. But no one should discourage someone if they have a dream, if they want something more […] This song was difficult for me to write the lyrics to because it’s about my mother and father, and about the day I said goodbye to them, because I had to go try and I’m still trying every day to become a man. So, this song is about that. It’s about the moment you wake up and you decide you want to go for every single dream you ever want.

To date, “Second Chance” is the second-to-last hard rock song to make the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100.

Tenth track: Start Over is a Song by Claudia Isaki from her album More Flowers released back in 2023.

Over an soft jazz and acoustic beat ‘Start Over’ is not just a breakup song but also, it describes the inevitable feeling of sadness when forced to confront one broken self. “I’m feeling myself getting older / the fire is not burning the way it used to be”, she sings in a nonchalant manner. This could be interpreted as this love affair has made her question everything else about herself. In fear of letting go, she blazes through the refrain with lyrics such as “Can we start over? / Can we just start over?” even though she admitted on one of the first lines; “You are not a man, you’re just a lie.”

On the outro, it becomes more apparent that it is her way of processing this tragic encounter. On one hand, she’s naturally losing confidence in herself, questioning her every actions and on another hand, longing for a love she knows has ended, or perhaps for the person she used to be at her happiest state. Throughout the song, in recognizing all of her broken pieces, at the same time, Claudia is rebuilding herself up. It doesn’t appear as though Claudia is going for a cry for help but moreso, trying to share her pain with those who can relate and mustn’t feel alone or go through this process without support, even if it is just this “music thing”.

11th track:
“I Can See You" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)(2023). It is one of the album’s "From the Vault” tracks that was intended for but excluded from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, “I Can See You” features a guitar riff. The lyrics are sexually suggestive and contain flirtatious innuendos, describing Swift’s attraction to a person she comes across often.

Music critics gave the song positive reviews, and praised its rhythmic production, sensual lyrics, and catchiness; some picked it as a highlight amongst the album’s vault tracks. Critics have ranked it among her best “From the Vault” tracks. Commercially, “I Can See You” peaked at number four on the BillboardGlobal 200 and the top ten on singles charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It received certifications in Australia and the United Kingdom.

12th track:
“Lovin on Me” is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow. It was released through Generation Now and Atlantic Recordsas a single on November 10, 2023. Harlow wrote the song with producers Oz, Sean Momberger, and Nik D, alongside Nickie Jon Pabón and Reginald Nelton. The song samples the 1995 R&B track “Whatever (Bass Soliloquy)” by Cadillac Dale. Prior to its release, a snippet of the song went viral on TikTok. The music video for the song was released the same day.

“Lovin on Me” is a pop rap track. It samples the 1995 R&B song “Whatever (Bass Solique)” by Cadillac Dale, repurposing its chorus.Lyrically, the single opens with “I’m vanilla baby / I’ll choke you, but I’m no killer baby”. On its verses, Harlow raps flirtatiously toward a potential lover.

13th track :  “Sweeter” is a song by American singer Leon Bridges from the album Gold-Diggers Sound released on June 8, 2020, Bridges and Terrace Martinreleased a single titled “Sweeter” in response to the May 25 murder of George Floyd. The narrator of the song is a dead man whose mother and siblings weep over him.

14th track “High Forever” is a song by American rock band The Maine from their album XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time 

Lead singer John O'Callaghan explained in a track-by-track breakdown how this song fits into the record.

We really kind of let this one live in its own world, and I’m really happy we did, because it feels like the oddball, but it’s really important, especially eight records in, to take chances and kind of experiment with your sound and see if people dig it, and if not, it’s a chance worth taking.

John also revealed that the guitar riff in this song is an homage to “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears.

15th track: “Like That” is a song by the American rapper Future and record producer Metro Boomin with fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was sent to US rhythmic radio through Freebandz, Boominati Worldwide, Epic Records, and Republic as the third and final single from Future and Metro’s collaborative studio album, We Don’t Trust You, on March 22, 2024.

Solely produced by Metro himself, the three artists wrote the song alongside Kobe Hood; Rodney-O & Joe Cooley are also credited as songwriters as the bass line in the song contains samples of their 1986 song, “Everlasting Bass”, which in turn samples Barry White’s 1973 hit “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby”. “Like That” also has additional elements that contain samples of Eazy-E’s 1989 single, “Eazy-Duz-It”, and contains a vocal sample of Michel'le

A trap and hardcore hip hop song that is predominantly composed of lively percussions, “Like That” received acclaim from music critics, who primarily praised Lamar’s performance (which btw was a surprise feature) and Metro’s production. His verse, which attracted significant media coverage, is a diss aimed at fellow rappers Drake and J. Cole in response to their 2023 collaboration, “First Person Shooter.”

Lyrically, Lamar uses his surprise appearance to directly respond to “First Person Shooter”, rapping: “Yeah, get up with me, f*** sneak dissing / "First Person Shooter”, I hope they came with three switches". He also rejected J. Cole’s idea of the three rappers representing hip hop as its “big three” and claims that he alone takes the top spot: “Motherf***the big three, n**** it’s just big me”. 

Throughout his verse, Lamar compares his rivalry with Drake to Prince’s reported feud with Michael Jackson (“What? I’m really like that / And your best work is a light pack / N****, Prince outlived Mike Jack”). Drake has notably compared himself to Michael Jackson on numerous occasions, including during the final verse of “First Person Shooter”, and Lamar has similarly compared himself to Prince.

Lamar also makes references to the bay area’s hip hop group the Click (“N***** clickin’ up, but cannot be legit / No 40 Water”) and Stephen King’s 1983 novel Pet Sematary(“‘Fore all your dogs gettin’ buried / That’s a K with all these nines / He gon’ see Pet Sematary”).

16th track: “Thru the Night” is a song by Jack Harlow featuring r&b artist and fellow Kentucky native Bryson Tiller from Harlow 2019 album Confetti. The song samples Childish Gambino’s cover of “U Don’t Have To Call” by Usher

17th track: A Bar Song (Tipsy) is a song by American country musician Shaboozey. The song was released April 12, 2024, as the fourth single from his third album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tied “Old Town Road” as the longest-running number-one song of all time on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 19 weeks at the top of the chart, the most for a song by a solo artist.  The country song interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 single “Tipsy”. The song is about a narrator who is frustrated from hard work at his job, and takes out his frustrations by drinking alcohol at a bar and having fun. 

18th track: “All My Life” is a song by American rapper Lil Durk featuring fellow American rapper J. Cole. It was released through Only the Family, Alamo Records, and Sony Music as the lead single from the former’s eighth studio album, Almost Healed, on May 12, 2023 , It was written alongside Rocco Did It Again!, Ryan Ogren, LunchMoney Lewis, Theron Thomas of R. City, and producer Dr. Luke. It features uncredited vocals from the young choir.

“All My Life” sees Durk trade his usual energetic drill style for more introspective production, which was considered a departure from his regular style of music, and contains the vocals of a young choir as he raps about the criticism that he has faced: “I decided I had to finish, but the media called me a menace / I done sat with the mayor and politicians, I’m tryna change the image / You can’t blame my past no more, I come from the trenches”. He raps about social and community changes as he touches on abusing drugs, paying child support, and children wanting to cause self-harm, speaking on what he has lately been trying to do to help the world change for the better. Cole raps about young rappers dying before they reach a big level of fame in his verse. The song won Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, making it Durk’s first Grammy and J. Cole’s second.

19th track: “Beautiful Things” is a song by American singer and songwriter Benson Boone. It was released on January 19, 2024, through Night Street Records and Warner Records as the lead single of his debut studio album, Fireworks & Rollerblades(2024). The song was co-written by Boone with Jack LaFrantz and Evan Blair, and produced by the latter. “Beautiful Things” peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, “Beautiful Things” topped the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

“Beautiful Things” is a “ballad about the meaning of life”, where Boone reflects on gratitude for life, love and the “volatility of happiness”.

The song adds a “more powerful” layer to the “softness” he exhibited with previous singles like “In the Stars”, helping him bring out “all of his character” from inside and performing different “vocal turns”. Consisting of “soulful verses” paired with a “powerful chorus”, Boone showcases “raw, emotive vocals”. It is in the key of B-flat major

20th track:
“Churchill Downs” is a song by American rapper Jack Harlowfeaturing Canadian rapper Drake from the former’s second studio album Come Home the Kids Miss You (2022). It was produced by Boi-1da, Audi, BEDRM, and Ace G.

The song leaked in May 2022, upon which it received attention for Drake taking subliminal shots at rapper Pusha T. Jack Harlow said in an interview with Hot 97 that both he and Drake were upset about the leak. Pusha T responded to the leak on The Breakfast Club, saying, “I even heard that and it sounds old to me. Like, the flows sound old. And then it’s like, even what is considered like, the shots. It’s like, bro, after what I’ve done, like 'the middleman’ talk and all that type of talk — that’s not scathing for me. I’m here to like, burn down everything." Harlow later revealed on The Breakfast Club that he added more lyrics to his verse after he heard Drake’s.

In June 2022, fellow American rapper Lil Yachty revealed to YouTuber DJ Akademikssome details behind how the song was composed. According to Yachty, Drake told him that he wrote his verse in about 11 minutes, in front of Harlow, while they were on vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The song uses a flute instrumental. In the song, the artists rap about the pitfalls of fame, and "throw humble compliments at each other when they’re not offering cutting, pragmatic commentary”. Jack Harlow’s line “I’m hip-hop, do you fully understand?” have been called the “defining defensive line” of the album. Drake also references his feud with Pusha T in his verse.

21st track:
“Meet the Grahams” (stylized in lowercase) is a diss track by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 3, 2024, through Interscope Records, during his ongoing feud with Canadian rapper Drake. It is Lamar’s response to the release of Drake’s “Family Matters,” a diss track mainly aimed at Lamar. "Meet the Grahams" premiered under an hour after the release of “Family Matters”.

the song is written in the form of a letter, with each verse addressed to members of Drake’s family, including his son Adonis, his parents Sandra and Dennis Graham, his alleged daughter, and Drake himself. In the song, Lamar accuses Drake of being an absent father, signing sex offenders to his OVO Soundrecord label, and being a sexual predatorhimself. He also alleges that Drake is running a sex trafficking ring out of his Toronto mansion, saying it will soon be raided by law enforcement. Lamar further accuses Drake of lying about his family, his OVO Sound labelmates, and Lamar himself.

Produced by the Alchemist, “Meet the Grahams”, unlike Lamar’s previous responses(the witty and clever “ euphoria” and the just as witty and in retrospect a warning shot to Drake “6:16 in LA“ )takes on an unsettling, haunting atmosphere, with an eerie piano-driven beat, sampled from Timothy Carpenter & Triunity’s “I Want To Make It”, accompanying critical lyrics accusing Drake of a number of wrongdoings including parental negligence, sexual exploitation, sexual grooming, sex trafficking, and another incident of child abandonment. Even ignoring all the extreme claims he makes about Drake as a person, the beat hinges around a sinister, off-kilter jazz piano loop reminiscent of a funeral dirge, all while Kendrick recites in a calm, yet incredibly calculated and quietly furious timbre about the darkest, most awful truths of a man. Euphoria and 6:16 and l.a were just warning shots to drake to not get to the point where things had to go personal but with this diss track, He doesn’t just want to beat him in this rivalry he straight-up wants to see him DEAD. Not a hyperbole

The track’s lyrics take the form of a letter with multiple verses addressed at members of Drake’s family. The first verse is addressed to Drake’s son Adonis, the second is addressed to Dennis and Sandra “Sandi” Graham, both of Drake’s parents, the third is addressed to Drake’s alleged daughter, and the last verse is addressed to Drake himself. In the song, Lamar alleges that Drake has a secret child, a daughter, accuses Drake of fathering further children aside from his alleged daughter, states that Drake has sex offenders on his record label OVO Sound, and calls him a sexual predator. Lamar also mentions that Drake is allegedly running a sex trafficking ring out of his Toronto mansion and states that his mansion known as “The Embassy” will be raided by law enforcement because of this, directly alluding to colleague Sean “Diddy” Combs’ estate being raided amid his sexual abuse allegations. Lamar also compares Drake’s actions to those of former film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein. 

Lamar, in the final section of the track addressing Drake, addresses the confusion that came out of the track releasing within an hour of Drake’s “Family Matters” with the lines “Dear Aubrey / I know you’re probably thinkin’ I wanted to crash your party / But truthfully, I don’t have a hatin’ bone in my body / There’s supposed to be a good exhibition within the game / But you fucked up the moment you called out my family’s name”. “meet the grahams” -on top of being the most cold-blooded and scathing diss Kendrick has ever written — is also musically one of the darkest tracks in his discography

• The opening line alone is infamous for just how simple yet brutal it is: following Drake deciding to target Kendrick by accusing him of being unfaithful to his family, Kendrick wastes no time targeting Drakenote  for his confirmedneglectful behavior by addressing Drake’s son, whose existence was intentionally suppressed and only became revealed when he was ousted in a different rap beef. It sets the tone of the diss off immediately: it’s no longer about challenging Drake and his place in the hip-hop game, but about destroying Aubrey Graham as a person.Dear Adonis: I’m sorry that that man is your father.

The final passage is a message to Drake himself of how much Kendrick wants to understand and sympathize with him on a human level, but ultimately breaking down in disgust all of Drake’s character flaws, from his gambling addiction, his chronic homewrecking and slanderous tendencies, his contempt for the women he constantly yearns to have sex with, his chronic backstabbing of those he uses to boost own fame and ego once they’ve done their job, and ultimately how much of a destructive liar he is, with Kendrick’s vocals gradually layering over each other as if he’s a vengeful ghost about to drag him down to hell for his sins.

the final line sums this haunting, clever, brutal and well executed psychological horror of a track

“Take that mask off, I wanna see what’s under them achievements
Why believe you? You never gave us nothin’ to believe in
'Cause you lied about religious views, you lied about your surgery
You lied about your accent and your past tense, all is perjury
You lied about your ghostwriters, you lied about your crew members
They all pussy, you lied on 'em, I know they all got you in 'em
You LIED about your son, you LIED about your daughter, huh
You LIED about them other kids that’s out there hopin’ that you come
You lied about the only artist that can offer you some help
Fuck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself!”

Pretty brutal and yet genius from beginning to end

22nd track: “Broadway Girls” is a song by American rapper Lil Durk, featuring vocals from American country music singer Morgan Wallen.(yes this did happen and nope I am not making this up.) It was released on December 17, 2021, through Alamo as the second single from Durk’s seventh studio album, 7220(2022). "Broadway Girls" is a hip hop and country drill song and also serves as the first time that Wallen had sung on a trap beat. Contrary to the song title this has nothing to do with the girls who love Broadway (as in the famous New York City Broadway) On October 1, 2021, Wallen posted a teaser clip on Instagram with the caption: “IDK what this is or what it’s for but sounds bout right”.

He explained the inspiration was from Nashville's Broadway street, with the lyrics telling the story of going to a SoBro bar owned by fellow American country music singer Jason Aldean. The song described Wallen on “a night out in Downtown Nashville with a girl that he met at 'Aldeans’” TMZ wrote that “it’s way more hip-hopflavored than country”. Filiz Mustafa of HITCcommented that “the rap and country crossover blends Morgan and Lil Durk’s distinctive voices and styles in a surprisingly good way”.

23rd track: “Superhero” is a song from the American rock band Jane’s Addiction from their album Strays and it’s best known as the theme song for Entourage , an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO(2004-2011)

24th track : “Radio Song” is a song by American singer-songwriter Hardy from his album the mockingbird & THE CROW (released on January 20, 2023) and featured Jeremy McKinnon who is the founding member and the lead vocalist of the rock metalcore band A Day to Remember . The album features a mix of country music and hard rock music The first half being country music and the second half being hard core rock (though it also does have some level of country in it, but it’s mostly hard rock) . According to one review, from TiVo it says:

The title of The Mockingbird & THE CROW represents the two sides of Hardy’s personality: the former represents the country crooner that lies deep inside; the latter is the rocker yearning to fly. If you have trouble telling the two sides apart, Hardy offers a handy typographical shorthand by setting all of his country material in a lower case font and his rockers in all caps.

Musically, there are differences too, mainly lying in how Hardyis eager to let himself or guest Jeremy McKinnon bellow like it was 1999. Not that the Mockingbird section doesn’t sound more than a little bit like Kid Rock. 

Hardy favors country cliches learned through Southern rock, hip-hop filtered through nu metal and pop he heard on television, a blend that gives The Mockingbird & THE CROW a distinctly commercial bent no matter how he claims not to be offering a “Radio Song.” That he hits all of his marks with a deadening thud only emphasizes that this self-styled rebel knows exactly how to play the game. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

However most critics were not too kind to the album. Some of them going as far to say was one of the worst albums of 2023. Still the album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 55,000 album-equivalent units, making it Hardy’s highest-charting album. So good for him I guess.

24th track: “lights on “ is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes from his second studio album Illuminate. This song contains lyrics about lovemaking in a way that is not too racy or overly sexual in nature. Very classy, very demure and mature

25th track: “Neon Lights” is a song by American singer Demi Lovato from her fourth studio album, Demi (2013). The song was released as the album’s third single on November 19, 2013 . The song, with its prominent EDM and four-on-the-floor influences, covered new ground for Lovato, who had been previously known for her pop rock and ballad singles. Its accompanying music video was released on November 21, 2013. A re-recorded rock version with American rock band The Maine was included on her first remix album Revamped

26th track: “She Knows” is a song by American rapper and record producer J. Cole, released on October 29, 2013, as the fourth single from his second studio album, Born Sinner. The song samples “Bad Things” by Cults and was produced by J. Cole. The lyrics represents Cole apologizing for cheating on his girlfriend, with a lack of sympathy by intending that “bad things were intended for him”. He later expresses guilt about his seduction, ending the song.

27th track: “Surround Sound” is a song by American rapper JID featuring British-American rapper 21 Savage and fellow American rapper Baby Tate, released on January 14, 2022, as the lead single from the former’s third studio album The Forever Story (2022). Produced by DJ Scheme, Christo, and Nuri, it contains a sample of “One Step Ahead” by Aretha Franklin.

In late 2023, the song gained a viral resurgence on the video app TikTok after a trend named the “Ceiling Challenge” was created. As a result, more than 57,000 videos were made using the song. The trend caused the song to peak at number 40 on the BillboardHot 100 in January 2024, two years after its original release. A few days before the song was released, JID previewed the music video on Instagram. In a later post, he revealed the inspiration behind the song was from focusing on the environmental sounds and noises around him as a child, to find an escape from his chaotic home life.

In the beginning of the song, a sample of “One Step Ahead” by Aretha Franklin is played and a loop built around it serves as the instrumental. JID raps the chorus and first verse with double entendres and multisyllabic rhymes. The second verse is rapped by 21 Savage, who “mixes gun talk with making sound financial decisions”. Near the first half of the song, Baby Tate provides “fluttering vocals” in R&Bstyle closing out of the first part. The beat then switches to a “woozy, bass-bombed wobble that artfully weaves in elements from the song’s first half”. During the second half of the song, JID returns with another verse, which has a darker approach and has been described as “cut-throat”.

28th track: “Makeba” is a song by French singer-songwriter Jain, released on 6 November 2015, from her debut studio album, Zanaka. It was written by Jain and produced by her longtime collaborator Maxim Nucci. The refrainof the song used a sample from the 1978 song “Me and the Gang” by the American percussionist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Hamilton Bohannon. "Makeba" peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart. It references Miriam Makeba, also known as “Mama Africa”, a South African singer and anti-apartheid civil rights activist.

In June 2023, “Makeba” received a resurgence in popularity due to the virality it achieved on TikTok. The song has been used in ads for Marshalls and Levi’s.(I definitely understand why this song has become more popular two years ago compared to when it was first released, and it was used in fashion commercials, it’s definitely giving modeling, on the catwalk during fashion week vibes )

29th track:
“Swing Life Away” is a song by American punk rock band Rise Against. It is an acoustic ballad, with a sharp guitar sound and optimistic lyrics about daily life and the working class. The song was first included in the 2003 compilation album Punk Goes Acoustic, and was later expanded upon in the band’s 2004 album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

Critics praised the song for its simple yet effective lyrics and sharp guitar sound. The accompanying music video follows the band members as they hang out with friends, and was intended to have an easygoing feel. “Swing Life Away” remains one of Rise Against’s most popular songs, and Tim McIlrath has noted how fans have used the song for various purposes, including school graduations, proms, weddings, and funerals. In 2013, American rapper Machine Gun Kellyreleased the mixtape Black Flag, which included a cover of “Swing Life Away”. The cover has new verses written by Kelly, and features guest vocals by Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens.

36th track:
“Single Soon” is a song by American singer Selena Gomez. It was released as a standalone single on August 25, 2023, through Interscope Records. The track was produced by Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat. Musically, it is a synthwave-driven dance-pop song. The song debuted within the top-twenty on many official world charts including the Canadian Hot 100, the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the Billboard Global 200. In 2024, it won a ASCAP pop music award.

In February 2023, Gomez first spoke about her upcoming musical output, telling Vanity Fair, that it was “about real things that I’m walking through” and described it as “really powerful, strong, very pop” and “freedom from relationships, freedom from the darkness”. She further confirmed working on new music in May 2023. On August 13, 2023, fans spotted posters with the question “Single Soon?” with a phone number attached to them. When dialing the number, a voicemail greeting can be heard to “never worry about boyfriends at all”. The posters also pointed to a website called “illbesinglesoon.com” with the bottom of the page displaying links to Gomez’s social media and newsletter.

On August 17, after numerous fan speculations, Gomez eventually announced the single on her social media and revealed its cover art, which features her “posing in the backseat of a car with a glamorous fur jacket”. Limited edition 7-inch vinyls of the song were made available to preorder, along with its pre-save on streaming platforms. In an accompanying statement, she stated that “Single Soon” is just “a fun little song I wrote a while back that’s perfect for the end of summer” and that she is not “quite done with” her upcoming fourth studio album.

On September 14, 2023, the song was removed from streaming platforms and digital stores temporarily, before returning to its uploaded state after a few hours. It is a dance-pop and synthwave song about breaking up with a partner.


37th track: “Family Ties” (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rappers Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar. The song was released on August 27, 2021, by Columbia Records and pgLang. The song serves as the fourth single from Keem’s debut album, The Melodic Blue. The song also serves as Lamar’s first musical release under pgLang, a production company he co-founded in March 2020.“

Family Ties” marked Lamar’s first single and new music since “Pray for Me” with Canadian singer The Weeknd, released in 2018. The song also marks the first official collaboration between Keem and Lamar, who are cousins. The single’s cover art depicts them in a family portrait, which pays homage to the album cover of Lamar’s breakout 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The accompanying music video features a cameo from singer Normaniand won the 2022 BET Award for Video of the Year. It spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 18

The accompanying music video was directed by Dave Free, and features a cameo from singer Normani, alongside Baby Keem, and Lamar who is billed mid-video as Oklama.

In the first scene, the music video begins with a moshpit of black men, who are wearing black bombers and sunglasses surrounding Keem and Lamar, with the two artists wearing orange attire. Black ballerinas are also featured. In the second scene, Lamar raps about still being relevant in hip-hop despite taking a hiatus. Near the end of the music video, Normani appears in a stretch limo SUV alongside the two rappers, before the rappers make their last proclamations. Throughout the video, clips of different sizes and themes are placed on top of the video, overlapping the ones below them. The video is divided into two “scenes”, with scene 1 representing Keem’s section, and scene 2 representing Lamar’s section.

one thing I could say about this track is that You really need to it live because it really sounds better in a concert

38th track: “You,” is a track from Jor’Dan Armstrong from the album Church Girls Love R&B released on March 4th, 2022. The album themes consist of Drama, Heartbreak, Action, and most of all [an] inspirational message of Unconditional Love.” In addition to the project is a six-part Instagram series that depicts a woman distraught after finding out about her boyfriend alleged infidelities. Thankfully, her friends (including Armstrong himself) provide support before she makes any terrible decisions, and ultimately reconciles with her significant other following a conversation. Overall is a gospel album filled with inspiring and feel good tunes that are enjoyable to listen to even if you’re not a Christian or a fan of his music.

39th track: Blessed Up is a Song by Anike, Lecrae, and pastor Mike Todd from the album Blessed Up (Remix) released 2021. A remix of the track of the same name, The chemistry between the two artists is palpable as they ping-pong off each other. With inspiring lyrics like “I’ve been blessed up/I’ve been broke down/Gotta catch up/Gotta shine now,” and a powerful message from pastor Todd, the motivational lyrics inspires the listener to be appreciative of God’s blessings while also inspiring to move and be ready to start the day and celebrate the blessings and the journey that comes with it

40th track: “Don’t You Worry 'bout a Thing” is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the third single from his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Singleschart, number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100,and number two on the R&B chart. The song’s lyrics convey a positive message, focusing on taking things in one’s stride and accentuating the positive. In 1992, British band Incognitohad a European hit with their cover of the song.

The tune is in E♭ minor, starting with a Latinpiano intro. The opening melody is reminiscent of Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father”,over which Stevie engages in an English-speaking dialogue with a woman, trying to impress her with talk of worldliness of having been to “Iraq, Iran, Ukraingia”, often misheard as 'Eurasia’. The actual lyric mispronounces Ukraine as the singer runs out of exotic places to reference, with Ukraingia being a totally made up word, before the singer changes to somewhat intelligible Spanish using the phrase “Todo 'stá bien chévere”, which loosely translates as “Everything’s really great,” continuing with an attempt to impress the woman.

It uses the "Sunny" chord progression.

59th track:
“False God” is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover(2019). Written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, it has an atmospheric, slow-building production combining neo soul, R&B, smooth jazz, and sophisti-pop. The jazz-influenced composition consists of a saxophone riff, trap beats, and hiccuping vocal samples. The lyrics use religious imagery to depict hardships and intimacy in a long-distance romantic relationship, mentioning New York City and its neighborhood West Village.

Music critics highlighted the sexually provocative lyrics and the sultry production. Some regarded “False God” as an album highlight, but a few otherwise found it unremarkable. Commercially, the song peaked at number 59 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 77 on both the US Billboard Hot 100and Canadian Hot 100. It received certifications in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Swift performed the song on a 2019 episode of Saturday Night Live, assisted by the show’s musical director Lenny Pickett on saxophone. She sang it live four times on the Eras Tour(2023–2024). The song has been covered by the English singer-songwriter James Bay and the American country singer Ryan Hurd.

“False God” is about how false promises can help overcome the challenges of a long-distance relationship (“We were stupid to jump in the ocean separating us/ Remember how I’d fly to you?”). The song extensively uses religious imagery, mentioning false god, altar, sacramental wine, heaven, and hell. Some reviewers thought that the lyrics alluded to oral sex (“Religion’s in your lips/ […] The altar is my hips”).

The narrator talks about physical pleasure using heavenly imagery: “I know heaven’s a thing, I go there when you touch me, honey." The couple encounters challenges ("Hell is when I fight with you”) and tries to make amends, but puts up with uneasy silence (“And you can’t talk to me when I’m like this/ Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you/ You’re the West Village/ You still do it for me, babe”). Religious imagery continue in the lyrics, “Making confessions and we’re begging for forgiveness/ Got the wine for you." In the chorus, the narrator talks about how "religion’s in your lips” and “the alter is my hips”, ultimately accepting the false hopes, “We might just get away with it/ […] Even if it’s a false god." The line "We’d still worship this love” is repeated multiple times.

60th track: “Hallelujah” is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale’s version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley (which is being highlighted today) that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone’s “the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Jeff Buckley, inspired by Cale’s earlier cover, recorded one of the most acclaimed versions of “Hallelujah” for his only complete album, Grace, in 1994. It was released as a single in 2007, ten years after Buckley’s death.

Critical reception

In 2004, Buckley’s version was ranked number 259 on Rolling Stone’s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. The same year Timecalled Buckley’s version “exquisitely sung,” observing “Cohen murmured the original like a dirge, but … Buckley treated the … song like a tiny capsule of humanity, using his voice to careen between glory and sadness, beauty and pain … It’s one of the great songs.”

In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by the magazine Q listed “Hallelujah” among the all-time “Top 10 Greatest Tracks” with John Legend calling Buckley’s version “as near perfect as you can get. The lyrics to 'Hallelujah’ are just incredible and the melody’s gorgeous and then there’s Jeff’s interpretation of it. It’s one of the most beautiful pieces of recorded music I’ve ever heard." In July 2009, the Buckley track was ranked number three on the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, a listener poll held every decade by the Australian radio station Triple J. In 2017, The International Observer named Buckley’s version of "Hallelujah” the greatest song of all time.

On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Buckley’s version of the song will be inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.

Buckley’s version was not an instant hit, nor did Buckley live to see the full measure of the reception his recording would ultimately have; he died in 1997. The album on which it appeared did not go gold in the US until 2002, nine years after its release. In fact, like Cohen’s original, the Buckley version was not released as a single until much later, and it did not chart until 2006, posthumously for Buckley. In March of that year, Buckley had his first national top 10 best-seller when “Hallelujah” was at number seven in Norway. In 2007, it made the top 3 on the Swedish charts. In March 2008, it topped Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in the US after a performance of the song by Jason Castro in the seventh season of American Idol. The sudden resurgence of interest provided both Gold and Platinum status, the RIAA certifying the digital track on 22 April 2008. It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010. It also hit number one in France in March 2008.

The Buckley version has been widely used in film and television dramas, including the movie Lord of War, the series The West Wing,Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, The O.C., Third Watch, LAX, and Justiça. "Hallelujah can be joyous or bittersweet, depending on what part of it you use", Time quoted Buckley’s publisher as saying. The magazine opined that its liberal use in some cases was “a tacit admission that neither the writers nor the actors could convey their characters’ emotions as well as Buckley.”

On 20 April 2013, Buckley’s version of the song was played at Fenway Park during a tribute honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing before the Red Sox played their first home game following the tragedy.

70th track: “Now That We Found Love” (also known as “Now That We’ve Found Love”) is a song written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally recorded by American R&B/soul vocal group the O'Jays for their seventh album, Ship Ahoy (1973). The one being discussed is this 90s cover version from American group Heavy D & the Boyz released their very successful dance/house cover of “Now That We Found Love” in 1991. It was produced by Teddy Riley and remains their biggest hit. The song was released in June by Uptown Records as the second single from their third album, Peaceful Journey (1991), and peaked at number two in the UK and number 11 in the US. Its music video was directed by Drew Carolan.

“Now That We Found Love” was very successful on the singles charts on several continents. In Europe, it reached number two in the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. In the latter, the single peaked at number two in its fourth week at the UK Singles Chart, on July 21, 1991, Sweden and Netherlands.[6] They were all held off the top spot by Bryan Adams’ massive hit “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”. On the UK Dance Singles Chart, it reached number four. Additionally, the single entered the top 10 also in Austria (8), Belgium (5), Denmark (3), Germany (4), Greece (5), Ireland (6), Norway (6), Spain (5) and Switzerland (4), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it peaked at number four in September 1991. Outside Europe, it peaked at number-one on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada, number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number eleven on the BillboardHot 100 in the US. In Oceania, “Now That We Found Love” was also a top 10 hit in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number six and ten, respectively. 

“Now That We Found Love” was awarded with a gold record in the United States, with a sale of 500,000 singles.

71st track: “Human” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Perri for her second studio album, Head or Heart (2014). The song was written by Perri and Martin Johnson, who also produced the song. It was released on November 18, 2013, as the lead single for the album.[2] Released to generally positive reviews, “Human” has since become a Top 10 Adult Pop hit in the United States, as well as her third and final top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by RIAA in June 2014.[3]

Like previous singles “Jar of Hearts” and “Arms”, “Human” is largely built around a piano melody and showcases her voice.[7] It is a pop power ballad written in key Ab major, and features a strong build-up towards the chorus.[8][9] The song features a string arrangement by notable arranger David Campbell. Critics have compared Perri’s honest, heart-on-her-sleeve songwriting to that of Taylor Swift.[7]Lyrically, “Human” uses relatable yet specific details to describe the vulnerability of being human. The verses find Perri musing the things she would do for love, yet as she sings in the chorus, “I’m only human / And I bleed when I fall down.”

72nd track:
“Dance Monkey” is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single (first in the US) from Tones and I’s debut EP, The Kids Are Coming. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting.[3]

When interviewed by DJ Smallzy in July 2019 on Australian radio station Nova FM, Tones explained that Dance Monkey’s lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was busking (street performing) on the streets of Australia:

“I wrote this song when I was busking, and about the pressure that I felt to always be entertaining people on the street. And if they didn’t like it, when they looked at their phones they could just click something else; … we are all so used to being entertained at the click of a button.”

“So when you’re [busking] on the street, .. to command [your] attention, people would be like: 'again! again!’ .. 'more! more!’ .. or they would just leave. So if you replace [the lyric]: 'dance for me, dance for me’ with 'sing for me, sing for me,’ it’s pretty literal,” she said.

while it was the one of the successful songs in 2019 and in 2020 due to its popularity during the pandemic, (it was declared the most Shazamed song of all time with 36.6 million searches.[19] In December 2020, Dance Monkey became the third most-streamed song on Spotify with over 2.5 billion streams, making Tones the first female artist to do so.[20]) A few listeners express displeasure of the song, with some even going as far to name it “the worst song of all time”.[21] Tones has even expressed that she “loathe[s] that song a lot of the time. A lot of times I don’t want to sing it.”[22]

I know that it’s been weeks since my Spotify wrapped but I thought it would be a good idea to talk about my top songs

first track: “Everything” is a Song by Lena Byrd Miles and Otis Kemp from the album Meet Me In Miami released on June 14, 2024. After traveling on tour together, Kemp was looking for someone to bring this song he had in his archives “to life”. Would you believe that the two completed the song over Facetime? Co-written by Otis, his colleague Candice, and his niece, this song affirms that when something is meant to be, it will be!

second track: “killing in the name “ rage against the machine. I already mentioned this in my previous post so I’m going to keep it slightly brief. Here’s some fun facts: On February 21, 1993, the BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the uncensored version of the song on his Top 40 Countdown, leading to 138 complaints.Brookes was recording an advertisement for the following week's Top 40 Countdown while the song played. In November 2008, the song was played over the speakers in an Asdasupermarket in Preston, Lancashire, prompting complaints from customers. Asda issued an apology.

Oh and one more thing: remember the Christmas campaign for this song to be number one in the uk Christmas charts and it ended up being successful thus ending the X factor uk chart Christmas chart streak after four years? During BBC Radio 5 Live show the group performed an uncensored rendition of the song in mid-December 2009, despite the hosts asking them to censor the expletives.

Knowing this group, you know where this is going

During the crescendo of their performance, frontman Zack De La Rocha started out only singing "I won't do what you tell me", with a pause where he normally sings "fuck you", but after a few lines, he screamed the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly. Hosts Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty apologized afterwards

third track: Nobody but God is a gospel song by by Faith City Music and Tim Bowman, Jr. from their album Welcome to Faith City released on October 28, 2022. This hype up gospel track contains lyrics like about the importance of God and there’s nobody like Him:

Deliverer

Healer

He’s God Almighty

Savior

The Enemy

Must Flee

When I Call on His Name

Fourth track: "Not Like Us" is a diss track written and recorded by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on May 4, 2024, through Interscope Records, amidst his feud with Canadian rapper Drake. It is Lamar's fifth installment in his series of diss tracks directed at Drake and it premiered less than 20 hours after his previous single, "Meet the Grahams".

Primarily produced by Mustard, with additional work from Sounwave and Sean Momberger, "Not Like Us" is a hyphy-influenced West Coast hip hop song composed of a prominent bassline with lively, synthesized strings and finger snaps. Lyrically, it continues the themes first introduced in "Meet the Grahams" by doubling down on allegations of Drake's pedophilia and sexual misconduct, (“certified loverboy, certified pedophile” ) while also criticizing his cultural identity and relationships with artists based in Atlanta, Georgia. (“You’re not a colleague, you’re a f***ing colonizer “)

Lamar first performed "Not Like Us" during The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, where he played the track five consecutive times. An accompanying music video, directed by Dave Free and Lamar, was released on American Independence Day.

The lyrics to "Not Like Us" were written solely by Lamar. It begins with him whispering "psst, I see dead people", a reference to The Sixth Sense (1999); he previously referenced the film on "Euphoria". Using various metaphors and allusions to his native Southern California, Lamar then dives into a barrage of attacks targeting Drake's alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with minors. His personal incidents with J. Cole, Lil Wayne and tennis player Serena Williams are also touched on. Lamar uses Drake's album Certified Lover Boy (2021) to label him and his OVO crew as "certified pedophiles". Specific targets were aimed at Chubbs, his head of security; PartyNextDoor, the first artist he signed; and Baka Not Nice, who was charged with six human trafficking offenses in 2014.

Lamar also takes several opportunities to challenge Drake's cultural identity. The chorus of "Not Like Us" has alluded to him stating that "rap practitioners" such as Drake are unlike his caliber, "one that organically abides by the given morals of Black culture". Lamar further suggests that Drake's portrayal of Blackness likens him to Brad "B-Rad G" Gluckman from the film Malibu's Most Wanted(2003). In the third verse, Lamar flips Drake's comment about how he raps like he is about to "get the slaves freed" in "Family Matters" to not only claim that he misused the term "slave", but to also accuse him of exploiting Black artists from Atlanta for street credibility and financial gain. He uses his previous collaborations with Future, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Quavo and 2 Chainzas examples of him forming "calculated strategies" over "authentic connections"—actions Lamar considers to be a form of colonization.

This song was praised for its contagious production, Lamar's vocal performance, and scathing songwriting. Due to its call and response lyrics, hyphy beat and anthemic nature, this song also became popular in sports, concerts, awards shows, and this years presidential election more specifically for the Democratic Party and during during Kamala Harris campaign for president as a form of a diss towards republican candidate (and winner of the election) Donald Trump and members of the Republican Party who supported him. Nevertheless it’s a song of the summer and the year for a reason

Fifth track: "Back in Blood" is a song by American rapper Pooh Shiestyfeaturing fellow American rapper Lil Durk. It was released through Atlantic Records and 1017 Records on November 5, 2020, as the lead single from the former's debut mixtape, Shiesty Season (2021), and two days before his twenty-first birthday.

With its sinister piano beat and violent lyrics about seeking revenge through violence , it’s become an iconic hit with lil durk verse being the most memorable part of the song. “You can’t come back to your hood, huh? (Nope)” - this line May be a chief keef diss. In a prior song, All these n***** with late rapper King Von, Lil durk recites “You can’t even go to your hood” as a sneak diss to chief keef as Keef was robbed in his own hood for not giving back to them.

“He was dissin’ on my cousin, now his a** all in that wood, huh? (Boom, boom, boom)”- Lil Durk presumably refers to MUBU Krump, a fellow rapper from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. MUBU was disrespecting(“dissing”) Durk’s cousin and fellow labelmate, OTF Nunu, who tragically got shot and passed away in May 2014. Using the theory of karma, MUBU’s actions backfired at him later and he also died in May 2018 from a shootout.(in other words in lil durk cases, mubu messed around and found out.)

Book his a**, I wish he would come (P***y)

V. Roy pop up out that cut with that new Glock, I wish he would run (Grrah, grrah-grrah)- “V. Roy” is a well-known alias of Lil Durk’s longtime friend and fellow labelmate King Von, who is also from his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. The rapper was known for keeping a weapon with him at all times. This is because the place is known for its extremely high rate of killings and gang violence.

Pretty brutal lyrics that take no prisoners. And let’s not forget this line “Pooh Shiesty, that’s my dawg, but Pooh, you know I’m really shiesty (My n***)-“Shiesty” is another word for greedy or disrespectful. Durk shows that he relates to Shiesty by identifying with his name and the meaning behind it. Following the release of “Back in Blood,” this line became a viral sound on TikTok, with many users creating their own videos to the track.

41st track:
"Changes" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. A ballad, it first appeared on Vol. 4, which was released in 1972. The song's piano melody was composed by guitarist Tony Iommi, who was experimenting with the instrument in the studio. The lyrics were by bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne has referred to the song as "heartbreaking". Quite different from Sabbath's previous work, the song was described as a "forlornly pretty" ballad by critic Barney Hoskyns. It was inspired mainly by drummer Bill Ward's breakup with his first wife.

In this case, however this Spotify wrapped has Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne , his daughter (yes she once had a singing career) version released Three decades later, as a duet. The revised lyrics for this version, released on 8 December 2003, Replacing the lyrics about the heartbreaking feelings after a divorce with lyrics that reflect the moments of their life together as father and daughter .

The single reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the second father-daughter duet to top the chart after Frank and Nancy Sinatra did so with "Somethin' Stupid" in 1967.

42nd track:
"I'm Letting Go" is the lead single from American Christian music artist Francesca Battistelli's major label debut album, My Paper Heart. The song was released on July 15, 2008. The upbeat lyrics sings about letting go of a past life and moving on to something new. Matthew Watson of Jesus Freak Hideoutstated that the rhythmic pattern of "I'm Letting Go" sounds almost exactly like Sara Bareilles' hit, "Love Song".

43rd track: "Everything Has Changed" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swiftfeaturing the English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from Swift's fourth studio album, Red(2012). It was released as the sixth single from the album on July 14, 2013, by Big Machine Records. A music video for the song was released earlier on June 6, 2013. Produced by Butch Walker, "Everything Has Changed" is a guitar-led folk-pop ballad. Its lyrics are about wanting to know a new lover better. The song received mixed reviews from critics, who either complimented or criticized the production.

"Everything Has Changed" peaked at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It reached the top 10 on the Irish Singles Chartand the UK Singles Chart in Sheeran's native United Kingdom, and was certified platinum in the UK. Swift included it on the set list of the Red Tour (2013–2014). A re-recorded version, "Everything Has Changed (Taylor's Version)", was released as part of Swift's re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version) on November 12, 2021.

The video begins with two children who initially appear to be Swift and Sheeran when they were much younger, meeting each other on a bus to elementary school. Throughout the video, the two children engage in many activities at school together, including painting their faces with crayons, pretending to be a princess and knight, and dancing with each other in the empty school gym. At the end, Swift and Sheeran appear and are revealed to actually be the parents of their child counterparts, arriving at the school to pick them up and take them back to their respective homes.

Jason Lipshutz from Billboard labelled the video as "impossibly adorable", while Ray Rahman from Entertainment Weekly compared the video's synopsis to Forrest Gump, but "much more gentle than that". The two actors who starred in the "Everything Has Changed" video appeared together again in the music video of "The Joker and the Queen" (2022), a song by Sheeran featuring Swift. To this extent, some media publications deemed "The Joker and the Queen" a sequel to the "Everything Has Changed" video.

44th track : Thank You Jesus (That's What He's Done) is a Song by Kim Burrell from the album A Different Place released on September 4, 2015. the lyrics thanks the Lord for everything that He has done for her. "A Different Place," is a beloved album that is informed by joy and sadness, with Burrell reflecting on her life and faith as well as the death of family and friends, including pop star Whitney Houston .

45th track :
"Ahhh Ha" is a song by American rapper Lil Durk. It was released on February 22, 2022, as the third single from his seventh studio album, 7220. The song features subliminal disses towards rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again, who took shots at Durk's late Only the Family artist, King Von, on his single, "Bring the Hook", from his eighteenth mixtape, Colors (2022).

The song is a response to "Bring the Hook" by rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. It features "a menacing, piano-led beat and threatening lyrics", and finds Lil Durk "boasting his street credentials and calling out his opposition". Durk references the deaths of his brother D-Thang and rapper King Von, whom he pays tribute to. He takes shots at YoungBoy's ex-girlfriend Jania Meshell, referencing that she was briefly linked with King Von.

The music video was directed by Jerry Productions, and sees Lil Durk with his Only the Family crew. Throughout the video, Durk wears a ring paying tribute to D-Thang. He and his crew present stacks of cash and wander in the "snowed out" streets of Englewood, Chicago. Like the song, the music video is menacing and crazy as durk takes no prisoners going after his and his crew rivals.

46th track:
"When You Were Young" is a song by American rock band the Killers. It was released on September 18, 2006, as the lead single from their second studio album, Sam's Town (2006). The song was written and produced by The Killers and co-produced by Flood and Alan Moulder.

The song, which is in the key of B major and written in common time, displays the band's move towards a more "heartland rock" style, as it is part of an album that was supposedly heavily influenced by the music of Bruce Springsteen. The song itself was reportedly influenced by Springsteen's "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road". The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, and the single's video, directed by Anthony Mandler, received a nomination in the category of Best Short Form Music Video. The single was ranked number 69 on iTunes Top 100 Best Sellers: Songs of 2006. The song also made number 4 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006.

The song has proven to be one of the Killers' most successful singles, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their first number one on the U.S. Modern Rock Trackschart. Only "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me" would stay longer on the chart and have more pop airplay. It is also their highest-charting single to date in the United Kingdom and Australia, peaking at number two and number 10 respectively.

47th track:
"Stop and Stare" is the second single by American band OneRepublicfrom their debut studio album, Dreaming Out Loud (2007). The song was released to American radio on November 27, 2007, and British radio on December 16, 2007, reaching number-one and to Australian radio on December 17, 2007, reaching number one as well following up on the global success of the previous top ten single "Apologize". "Stop and Stare" was released on March 3, 2008, in the United Kingdom. It has currently sold over two million digital downloads worldwide.

The song starts off with an acoustic guitar riff accompanied by a ringing electric guitarbackground fill. Both continue throughout the entire song. The song gradually builds up, with bass and drums coming in, as the song approaches the pre-chorus, before erupting into an emotional chorus led by lead singer Ryan Tedder's vocals and carried along by the full band. The song climaxes at the bridge, with Tedder's falsetto and an electric guitar tremolo background. In live versions, guitarist Drew Brown plays a tremolo guitar solo during the bridge portion instead of the original recording.

48th track: "The Pretender" is a song by American rockband Foo Fighters. It was the first single from the group's 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. It is one of Foo Fighters' most successful songs; peaking at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (making it their third top-40 single), only "Learn to Fly" and "Best of You" beat its position on the BillboardHot 100.

Dave Grohl first showcased the song, which had the working title "Silver Heart", during pre-production of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, but the song did not see much development. According to producer Gil Norton, "The chorus was there, but the verse and the middle hadn't been written. Not to mention the song was much slower." During a 10-day break from recordings in April 2007, Grohl listened to the monitor mixes and thought that the record needed another uptempo song, so he spent his time developing "Silver Heart". The band then recorded a demo for "The Pretender", which Norton approved, leading to the song getting a proper recording the following day.

Grohl described "The Pretender" as "a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song, with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it." The song is written in the key of A minor and showcases the shifting dynamics which Grohl wanted to employ on Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, starting with a very stripped-down introduction, featuring soft guitar and vocals along with a small string section. Then comes an escalating hard rock sound, interrupted by breakdowns and escalations in the bridge, including a repeat of the intro. Mixing engineerRich Costey stated that making all these dynamics work, as well as balancing the instruments, was challenging, as Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins always want more focus on their instruments. The amount of guitar overdubs also worried Costey – "The guitars on 'The Pretender' are quite full on, with countermelodies and so forth, and they all tend to be in the same range, so it gets quite dense. The challenge of this type of mix is to retain the power of the track, yet define a space for everything. Handling the guitar balance was a slight chore, and in comparison the drums and vocals were quite easy."

Grohl has said that the Sesame Street song "One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)" may have subconsciously influenced his writing of the song.

In a 2007 interview with XFM, frontman Dave Grohl stopped short of explaining the meaning behind "The Pretender", but alluded its roots go to political unrest of the time it was written. Grohl noted: "That's the thing with lyrics, you never want to give away specifics, because it's nice for people to have their own idea or interpretation of the song. But, you know, everyone's been fucked over before and I think a lot of people feel fucked over right now and they're not getting what they were promised, and so something to do with that."

Grohl also told XFM "The Pretender" was not initially planned for the album and happened really quickly:

That song didn't happen until later on in the session. We didn't go into making the record with that song and it happened after we recorded a lot of stuff. Up until that point, I didn't know if we had a good opening song or not. So after we recorded it, I thought, "oh this is perfect, we have the song to open the record," and it just became everybody's favorite song. ... It's the type of song that I look forward to opening shows with and it came together really easily... We put that song together in, I don't know, a day, whereas a lot of the other songs we worked on for weeks.

82nd track: "No Role Modelz" is a song by American rapper and record producer J. Cole. It was released through Dreamville Records, Roc Nation, Columbia Records, and Vinyl Crown as the third single from his third studio album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, on August 4, 2015. The song was produced by Phonix Beats with additional production from Cole, and interpolates "Don't Save Her" by Project Pat.[3][4] The song has been referred as one of J. Cole's biggest songs.  The song received generally mixed reviews from critics. During the week of December 22, 2015, the song reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Cole his fourth top 40 hit as a solo artist and the highest-charting single from 2014 Forest Hills Drive. On May 20, 2016, the single was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it the first song to do so without a music video.[5] On December 10, 2024, the song was certified RIAA Diamond selling over 14 million copies, giving him his second and highest Diamond certification and is one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time.

83rd track: "Secrets" is a song by American popband OneRepublic, released on October 30, 2009 as the second single from their second studio album Waking Up (2009). It was released as the first single in Germanyand Austria owing to its presence on the soundtrack of Til Schweiger's film Zweiohrküken. The movie is the sequel to the film Keinohrhasen, for which "Apologize" was the film soundtrack. The song rocketed up the German and Austrian airplay charts. The song was released in the United States iTunes Store on November 3, 2010.[1] The song was due for a UK release on April 5, 2011 but was later canceled. It was sent to U.S. Top 40/Mainstream radio on June 1, 2010. "Secrets" is written in the key of D major.

John Hill from About.com rated it with 4.5 stars (out of 5), praising OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for bringing nuance to the lyrics. Hill writes "The song starts out more like a conversation, but turns into a powerful plea by the time the chorus comes around." Hill speculates as to the meaning of this plea but thinks it best that listeners find their own meaning.[3]